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The Growth of the Cambrian Combine
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Date
of Amalgamation
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Colliery
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Company
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Output in 1916
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1895
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Cambrian Nos. 1,2
& 3
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Cambrian Colls. Ltd
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986,000
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1907
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Llwynypia Nos. 1,2
& 6
Sherwood Level
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Glamorgan Coal Co.
Ltd
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905,000
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1908
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Formation of the Cambrian
Trust Ltd
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1908
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Anthony
Pandy
Ely
Nantgwyn
Adare Level
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Naval Coll. Co. Ltd
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595,000
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1910
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With J.W. Beynon &
L Llewellyn controlling interest
in Fernhill Nos. 1,2,3, & 4
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Fernhill Colls. Co.
Ltd
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500,000
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1913 [May]
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Formation of Consolidated
Cambrian Ltd [Share Capital £2m;
subscribed capital £1,791,211]
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1916
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Controlling interest
in David Davies & Sons Ltd,
Ferndale Nos.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 &
9
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1,900,000
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4,886,000
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In addition the Cambrian
Combine secured a controlling interest in
the following South Wales collieries outside
the Rhondda Valleys.
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1907
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Albion Steam Co. Ltd
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1910
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Britannic Merthyr
Coal Co. Ltd
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1911
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Cynon Colliery Co.
Ltd
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1911
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Celtic Colls Ltd.
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1916
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North’s Navigation
Coal Co. Ltd
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1916
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Imperial Navigation
Co. Ltd
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1916
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International Coal
Co. Ltd
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1916
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Welsh Navigation Steam
Coal Co. Ltd
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1916
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Gwaun-cae-gurwen Colliery
Co. Ltd
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In 1916 the Cambrian Group
of Rhondda Collieries controlled nearly 5
million tons out of the total output of the
Rhondda coalfield of 7,597,106 tons [about
66%]. The output of the Cambrian Combine as
a whole in South Wales amounted to no less
than 7,355,00 tons.
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